The gap this fills: Ghost doesn't ship an official Telegram app. If you want new member or published post to show up in Telegram the moment it happens, the usual options are a paid third-party bot, custom code, or routing everything through a $20–50/month automation platform just to move one webhook from one URL to another. ZestyGlue does exactly that one thing for $9/month.
What it looks like
A real Ghost event, shown as ZestyGlue formats it for Telegram.
Setup — about two minutes
- Create the connector. In ZestyGlue, start a new Ghost → Telegram connector. You'll get a unique webhook URL right away.
- Point Ghost at it. In Ghost Admin, go to Integrations → Add custom integration → Add webhook, pick an event, and paste in your ZestyGlue webhook URL.
- (Optional) set a secret. Ghost can sign its payloads if you configure a secret on the integration — enter the same value into ZestyGlue for extra verification, though it isn't required to get started.
- Point Telegram at ZestyGlue. Message @BotFather to create a bot and copy its token. Add the bot to your group or channel, then find its chat ID (e.g. via @userinfobot) and enter both into ZestyGlue.
Tip: Ghost's webhook payload shape differs by event — a member event nests data under member.current, a post event under post.current. ZestyGlue detects which one it received automatically.
Events you can forward
member.added
member.edited
post.published
post.updated
Questions
Is my Ghost Webhook Secret safe with ZestyGlue?
It's encrypted at rest with Fernet symmetric encryption before it ever touches disk, it's never logged, and it's never displayed again in the dashboard after you enter it — only a masked placeholder is shown.
Will this work for a self-hosted Ghost instance, not just Ghost(Pro)?
Yes — Ghost's webhook feature works the same way self-hosted or on Ghost(Pro); it just needs to reach zestyglue.com over the internet.
Can I get notified about both new members and new posts?
Yes, but as two separate connectors — each Ghost webhook is scoped to one event type.
Does the bot need to be an admin in my group?
No, a regular member is enough for the bot to post messages. Admin rights are only needed for things like pinning messages, which ZestyGlue doesn't do.
What happens if my ZestyGlue subscription lapses?
Events are silently dropped rather than causing errors on Ghost's side — Ghost never sees a failure response, so it won't retry aggressively or flag your webhook as broken. Your dashboard will simply stop showing new events until you resubscribe.